Berserk2
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A year ago, I posted the story of the death of a very spiritual, severely handicapped boy named Seb, the adopted son of Lloyd and Mary Ann. This couple was kayaking on a nearby river when I got word that Seb had suddenly died in his babysitting grandma's arms. It took hours to track the parents down and notify them of this devastating news. A couple of days later at the funeral home, the parents were sobbing uncontrolably by the coffin and one of their friends pleaded with me to go up and comfort them. I annoyed her greatly by saying, "I think they need their privacy right now to start venting their grief." I didn't want to force them to interrupt their weeping to deal with my pastoral words and I wanted God to give me the right words instead of pious cliches. When I finally felt prompted to approach them, I told them that someone at the memorial service in the funeral would receive a paranormal verification of Seb's survival, but it wouldn't be them. I had to leave for my vacation to Los Vegas, but they asked me to perform my own church memorial service when I returned. My return was greeted by incredible news: a man at the first memorial service in the funeral home had stepped outside and had seen the name "Seb" emblazoned in the clouds in Seb's characteristic printing. There was no mistaking the clarity of the letters. When Lloyd and Mary Ann were told of this, they came out and almost fainted at what they saw. A photo was put on display at my memorial service.
As part of their grief process, Lloyd and Mary Ann attended a national conference in Portland, OR for parents of prematurely dead children. There they met a man whose son had recently died of an illness at a young age. At the gravesite, a mysterious black cat sat politely by the grave and watched the service. No one had brought the cat; so it must have been a curious neighborhood cat--or so everyone thought. The Dad took this as an omen that his son was OK because, just prior to his death, the boy had been pestering him repeatedly to buy him a cat. So the Dad photographed it for a keepsake. All the visitors then left, but the cat lingered behind. When the photo was developed, the Dad was in for a shock. The cat in the photo was transparent and the gravesite could be seen through the cat! The cat was an etheric apparition--a visitor from another world and perhaps a signal of the boy's survival. Needless, to say, Lloyd and Mary Ann were deeply moved by this confirmation.
Don
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